Article: Researchers advocate eating 100 fewer calories per day.(Brief Article)

Reducing food intake by 100 calories per day, or the equivalent of three bites of a fast-food hamburger, is the first step in ending the "obesity epidemic," according to a Feb 6, 2003, news release from the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Although eating 100 fewer calories will not result in weight loss, it could prevent the 1.8-lb to 2-lb weight gain that the average person currently experiences each year.

Worldwide, more than 300 million people are obese (ie, have a body mass index of 30 or higher). The prevalence of obesity in the United States increased from 23% in 1988 to 31% in 1994. Researchers project that if this trend continues, 39% ...

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